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• Title:Indian legends of the Pacific Northwest / by Ella E. Clark ; illustrated by Robert Bruce Inverarity.
  
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• Author/Creator:Clark, Ella E. (Ella Elizabeth), 1896-1984.
  
• Published/Created:Berkeley : London : University of California Press, 2003, ©1953.
  

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  • Location:OKANAGAN LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: E98.F6 C57 2003
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Indians of North America--Northwest, Pacific--Folklore.
  Legends--Northwest, Pacific.
  
• Description:viii, 225 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm.
  
• Notes:50th anniversary edition.
  Second paperback printing 2003
  Includes bibliographic references.
  
• ISBN:0520239261 (pbk.)
  
• Contents:Introduction: From Mountain Peaks to Indian Legends
  I. Myths of the Mountains
  Spirits in Nature
  Mount Shasta and the Grizzly Bears - Modoc
  Mount Shasta and the Great Flood - Shasta
  Peaks of Central Oregon - Warm Springs
  Mount Jefferson and the Great Flood
  Chief's Face on Mount Hood
  Mount Adams Story - Yakima
  White Eagle: The Law on Mount Adams - Yakima
  Bridge of the Gods - Klickitat
  River Spirit and the Mountain Demons - Wishram
  Origin of Puget Sound and the Cascade Range
  Indian Names for Mount Rainier
  Mount Rainier and the Olympic Mountains
  Mount Rainier and the Great Flood - Skokomish (?)
  Lake on Mount Rainier - Puyallup
  Miser on Mount Rainier - Nisqually
  Origin of Mount Si and the Forests - Snoqualmie
  Kulshan and His Two Wives - Lummi
  Mount Baker and the Great Flood - Squamish
  Origin of Sisters Peak - Skagit
  Other Traditions of the Great Flood - Several Tribes
  Valley of Peace in the Olympics
  Seven Devils Mountains - Nez Perce
  II. Legends of the Lakes
  Spirits and Animals in the Lakes
  Origin of Crater Lake - Klamath
  War between Lao and Skell: A Legend of Crater Lake
  Crater Lake and the Two Hunters - Klamath
  Another Crater Lake Legend - Klamath
  Elk Spirit of Lost Lake - Wasco
  Demons in Spirit Lake - Several Tribes
  Kwatee and the Monster in Lake Quinault - Quillayute
  Origin of Lake Crescent - Quillayute
  Nahkeeta: A Story of Lake Sutherland - Klallam (?)
  Mason Lake and the Crying Loon - Nisqually
  Lake on Vashon Island
  Lake and the Elk-Child - Klickitat
  Monster and Lake Chelan - Chelan
  Lakes of the Grand Coulee
  Spokane Lake of Long Ago - Spokane
  Chief Joseph's Story of Wallowa Lake - Nez Perce
  III. Tales of the Rivers, Rocks, and Waterfalls
  Animal People of Long Ago
  Creation of the Animal People - Okanogan
  How Coyote Got His Special Power - Lake
  Why Rivers Flow but One Way - Snohomish, Quinault
  How Coyote Made the Columbia River - Colville
  Coyote and the Monster of the Columbia - Klickitat
  Why Coyote Changed the Course of the Columbia River - Sanpoil
  How Coyote Helped the People - Several Tribes
  Origin of Willamette Falls - Kalapuya
  Pillar Rock
  Cave Monster of the Willamette Valley - Kalapuya (?)
  Legend of Multnomah Falls
  Horsetail Falls and Beacon Rock
  Latourell Falls and the Pillars of Hercules
  Why the Columbia Sparkles - Wasco
  Ever-Watchful Eye - Wishram
  Painted Rocks at Naches Gap - Yakima
  Origin of the Petrified Forest - Colville
  Legends of Steamboat Rock - Colville
  Hee-Hee Stone - Okanogan
  Origin of the Spokane River - Spokane
  Origin of Palouse Falls - Palouse
  Beaver and the Grande Ronde River - Nez Perce
  Destruction Island and Tatoosh Island - Makah
  How Kwatee Made the Rivers and Rocks - Quillayute
  How Kwatee Changed the World - Queets
  Potlatch on the Oregon Coast - Coquille
  IV. Myths of Creation, The Sky, and Storms
  Why and When the Tales Were Told
  Creation of the Klamath World - Klamath
  In the Beginning of the Modoc World - Modoc
  Origin of the Chinook Indians - Chinook
  In the Beginning of the Nisqually Word - Nisqually
  Beginning of the Skagit World - Skagit
  Beginning and the End of the Okanogan World - Okanogan
  Creation of the Yakima World - Yakima
  Story of the Changer - Puyallup
  Changer Comes to the Lummi - Lummi
  Pushing up the Sky - Snohomish
  How Raven Helped the Ancient People
  How the People Got the Sun - Quillayute
  Big Dipper and the Milky Way - Wasco
  Seven Sisters of the Sky - Nez Perce
  Two Canoes in the Sky
  Origin of Cassiopeia's Chair - Quillayute
  Earth People Visit the Sky People - Queets
  Northern Lights and Creatures of the Sky - Makah
  Thunderbird and Whale - Qillayute
  Thunder and Lightning - Nisqually
  Thunder's Spirit Power - Skagit
  Thunder and His Son-in-Law - Quinault
  Battle with Snow - Chehalis
  Chinook Wind - Yakima
  How Coyote Made the Indian Tribes - Columbia River Tribes
  V. Miscellaneous Myths and Legends
  Guardian Spirits
  Hazelnut, a Guardian Spirit - Yakima
  Origin of Guardian Spirits and of Sweat Lodge - Sanpoil
  Origin of the Root Festival - Yakima
  Origin of the Potlatch - Quillayute
  Coyote and Crow - Yakima
  How Coyote Brought Fire to the People - Several Tribes
  How Beaver Stole the Fire - Sanpoil
  Coyote and Eagle Visit the Land of the Dead
  Memaloose Island, the Island of the Dead - Wishram
  Mortal Who Married a Merman - Coos
  Maiden of Deception Pass - Samish
  Maiden Sacrificed to Winter - Chinook
  Legend of the White Deer - Umpqua
  Coming of the White People - Wasco
  First Ship - Chinook.